Things That Made Me Want To Throw My Shoe

by 5th Year Senior on Sep 9, 2009 10:29 AM EDT in Things That Made Me Want To Throw My Shoe

After a picture perfect weekend in Morgantown, do I really have any complaints? I was surrounded by good friends (yes I have more than 1), ate some great food and drank more than you should in a weekend. While the game was not pretty at times, we pulled out a victory against Jesus U.

That being said, there were some things that pissed me off. The fact that my blow-up girlfriend was busted is not one of my complaints (he she can always be replaced). Here I go...

How in the hell can kick-off coverage still be so bad? Is HCBS putting our best athletes out there for special teams? I doubt it because they were not only slow getting downfield, they did not blow any blockers up.

I subscribe to the Frank Beamer school of thought, you always put your best athletes in on special teams and let them make special plays. I really hope HCBS gets this fixed because he can't keep putting our D in such bad positions.

Please remember that the firstdown cheer is "OOOOOOOOOOO W - V - U (clap) FIRSTDOWN."

Why is it that drunk idiots can only say curse words clearly during football games? A couple people sitting around me yelled the entire game but all I could understand were the naughty words. Actually, I think they once heard them say first down.

Go for it on 4th and 1 against Liberty. That's all I got to say about that.

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I think the reason you didn’t see them go for it on 4th and 1 was that they have some young kickers and wanted them to get their feet wet in an actual game situation. I mean what does it prove to go for it on 4th and 1 against Liberty?

"Potential just means you haven’t done sh## yet"

by willgarr15 on Sep 9, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions

I mean what does it prove to go for it on 4th and 1 against Liberty?

Well, when your short yardage situation last year was an abject disaster, I would say it means something.

by Dr. Charley West on Sep 9, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions

But what does it prove to convert a 4th and 1 against LIberty? They’d get better practice doing that in practice against a real defense.

"Potential just means you haven’t done sh## yet"

by willgarr15 on Sep 10, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll second that

by phucoffaholic on Sep 11, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't mind winning ugly...

but I would rather blow someone out of the water. You don’t score points by punting the ball into the end zone.

by 5th Year Senior on Sep 9, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

I didn't have a problem with it.

- Let Koz practice trying to pin them inside the 5. He obviously needs work.

- We had a few chances to work on short yardage, and did just fine.

- Say you go for it and don’t get it. Liberty gets the ball at the 40, plus momentum, in a game that wasn’t in hand just yet. Not the best situation there.

by Country Roads on Sep 9, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Those were 2's and 3's when I typed them.

by Country Roads on Sep 9, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed

We better never subscribe to the Jim Tressel “School of Win Margins”….we are WVU, a school that will gladly put 80 up on you, if possible (just ask Rutgers)

by WVUColumbus on Sep 9, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

It proves you have confidence in your offense. That you go for the throat in a game.

Kozlowski has punted in big games before. And epically failed. Let him get his work in in practice.

by The 25314 on Sep 9, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe

But I think Stew’s a defensive minded coach, in the mold of a Jim Tressel or Joe Pa, rather than an offensive guy like Pete Carroll or Rich Rod. Stew’s going to punt the ball and play field position and let his defense win the game for him. Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages, but that’s how Stew sees it, and it’s worked for others before, so it’s hard to criticize him for it.

by Country Roads on Sep 9, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Stew's a defensive minded coach??????

where did you get this from?

by WVUColumbus on Sep 9, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Just because he's old

doesn’t make him “defensive minded” or “afraid to run the score up because that’s not how they did it back in the day”…..Ask Bill Snyder at K-State when he plays the DIII schools about that.

This is typical Don Nehlen football thought and if WVU reverts back to trying to be “smashmouth” and “not looking to run the score up”…… color me pissed off

by WVUColumbus on Sep 9, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

We aren't in the SEC

but we may as well be….if the Spread disappears and we start playing slow em down football w/ Devine, Sanders and the unprecedented talent we currently have (and supposedly is on its way) then this fan base will explode………..anything that resembles Don Nehlen football will be capsized

by WVUColumbus on Sep 9, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

The SEC is considered by far the best conference in the country.

So it’s probably a good thing we aren’t in the SEC or we’d get our butts kicked every week. And those teams generally put their best players on defense, Florida being the exception. They have great athletes on both sides of the ball.

by Country Roads on Sep 9, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree. It’s just not the way I would do it. And as an American, I fear ideas that are different than my own and lash out in criticism, putting others down to lift myself up.

by The 25314 on Sep 9, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Pete Carroll is a defensive coach. Aside from his head coaching stints with the Jets and Patriots, he was a d-backs coach (Vikings, Bills, Seahawks) and defensive coordinator (Bills, Jets, 49ers).

by Beamer'sGoiter on Sep 9, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe "offensive" and "defensive" weren't the right words.

“Aggressive” and “conservative” may be more accurate. Carroll went for it on 4th and 1 against Texas, didn’t get it, and ended up losing the game. I think Les Miles would have done the same thing in that situation. I think Tressel and Joe Pa would have punted the ball and put the game in the hands of their defense (assuming they had a strong defense that year). I feel like Stew is cut in the mold of a Tressel or Joe Pa. Not because he’s old or afraid to run up the score, but that’s just his philosophy from what I’ve observed (Colorado, Liberty, Syracuse, etc.). I think he may have made some comments at some point about winning with defense as well.

by Country Roads on Sep 10, 2009 7:38 AM EDT up reply actions

I really don’t think that this coaching staff has to prove to the offense, or the fans, that it has confidence in it. They clearly do by the way they let JB throw the rock all over the field on Saturday

"Potential just means you haven’t done sh## yet"

by willgarr15 on Sep 10, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions